Jars

Jars
Nathan Netterlund
November 2013
Mixed Media Art
Photography,
Adobe Illustrator CS6,
Adobe Photoshop CS6,
Acrylic Paint,
Scanner

Huanted House

Happy Halloween 2013! Some digital art I made for the fall holiday.

Haunted House
Nathan Netterlund
October 2013
Mixed Media Drawing: Pencil, ink, marker, ink wash,
Scanner, Photoshop CS6

Warpaint

Warpaint
Nathan Netterlund
September 2013
Pencils, Inks, Inkwash, PS CS6

Pipestone Trees

Pipestone Trees
Nathan Netterlund
September 2013
Pencils and inks

A drawing I made based off of the Pipestone Quarry area in Barron County, Wisconsin. The sun pokes through a maze of trees while leaves casually fall to the ground.

Trenches

Trenches
Nathan Netterlund
September 2013
Mixed Media Drawing:
Pencil, Acrylics, Photoshop CS6

Jackalope & Timberwolf

Jackalope & Timberwolf
Nathan Netterlund
Acrylics on paper

Daft Punk with those cartoons from Interstella 5555

Doodle from the other day. Ink and colored markers.

What Winning Looks Like

What Winning Looks Like
Nathan Netterlund
May 2013
Adobe Illustrator CS6,
Adobe Photoshop CS6

Based on the 3-part Vice Documentary "What Winning Looks Like"

Turtle

Turtle
Nathan Netterlund
May 2013
Pencil, Ink, Acrylics,
Scanner, Photoshop CS6

Velociraptors

UFO Daze

Every summer true believers converge on Benson's UFO Headquarters for a great American tradition: UFO Daze. During this momentous event, chilling stories are shared in the packed bar of official UFO sighting register Bill Benson. Located just off of the pristine Kettle Moraine Forest and the crystal clear Long Lake, Benson's Hide-A-Way lives up to its considerable reputation of providing a whale of a deal to its patrons and a unique dinning and drinking experience.

Above is a potential design I made for the 25th Annual UFO Daze T-Shirt. It features the trademark little green men beaming down flying saucers, a peaceful, happy invasion of smiling extraterrestrials.   

Jack Johnson

Based off of everything I've read in the excellent biography Unforgivable Blackness, The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, the early heavyweight champion was a stone cold killer. Here he is pictured looking down at an unconscious and badly concussed challenger Stanley Ketchel in front of a sea of shocked, pale faces. Stanley Ketchel was one of the many so called "white hopes" that Johnson easily dispatched with a potent mix of power and stamina. Like many of the greats Johnson was, in his prime, on a different level from other fighters. Johnsons physical gifts gave him a platform to confront the racial prejudiced that permeated the boxing world and society in general during his time. He will forever be remember as the first black world champion and one of the very best.

Jack Johnson vs. Stanley Ketchel, World Heavyweight Championship, October 1909
Nathan Netterlund
Pencil, Ink, Ink Wash, Photoshop CS6
   

Smokin' Joe Fraizer

Smokin' Joe Fraizer
Nathan Netterlund
Pencil, Ink, Wash, Photoshop 6, Google Images

Joe Fraizer
1944-2011
32-4-1 27 KOs
Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion

Michonne from the Walking Dead

Michonne from the Walking Dead

Nathan Netterlund

Mixed Media Drawing, Pencil, Ink, Marker, Ink Wash, Photoshop 6

February 2013

Michonne scares me, more than any zombies. I guess I'd rather be eaten than chopped in half.

Batman & Catwman: Night at the Museum

Batman & Catwoman: Night at the Museum
Nathan Netterlund
February 2013
22X16
Pencil, Inks, Marker, Highlighter and Photoshop

If you're wondering why Batman is crashing through the Guggenheim rotunda to stop Catwoman from stealing Damien Hirst's Skull, I would ask why not?

Dead Trees

Dead Trees I
Nathan Netterlund
Pencil, Ink, Coffee Wash, Marker

A drawing of a possessed tree hypnotizing snakes. Full disclosure, this is based off of the drawing of a first grader I know.

It is a well known problem that original creativity, as it was, no longer exists. Everything has been done and will be done again. The creativity that can be found in our post-modern world is through fresh takes preexisting concepts. Young people, free from the many filters and jaded and world weary cynicism of older people are able to do this well.
The above image is scary, dramatic and looks at the horror genre with unpretentious enthusiasm. It also deconstructs the energy of nature in an unusual way. It begs weird questions, about things like the motivation and relations of trees and snakes. Ultimately, its interesting in a artistic and creative sense that is hard to achieve as a self-aware adult.
As Picasso said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up."       

Round Ten

Round Ten
Nathan Netterlund
Mixed Media Drawing
Pencil, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
January 2013

Based off of a still from the 1949 film noir boxing drama "The Set-Up."